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Back to homepageAugust 1969: Three Books and Video
The second week of August 50 years ago witnessed the most intensive and violent period of conflict in the North since the 1920s
Read MoreSinn Fein Westminster candidate John Finucane threatened by loyalists
Post Views: 61 Sinn Fein North Belfast candidate John Finucane has received a chilling loyalist death threat as the election campaign entered its final week. The Belfast-based lawyer said he had reported the threat made directly to himself through
Read MoreThe winds of change are blowing
John’s candidature was swift and unforeseen. But it carried with it so much significance. He is part of the new republican generation
Read MoreBobby Sands: The revolutionary spirit of freedom
At 1.17 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5th, 1981, having completed sixty-five days on hunger-strike, Bobby Sands MP, died in the H-Block prison hospital at Long Kesh
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